LAS VEGAS – Even before the fight, Team Bisping’s Louis Gaudinot said he was biding time until the UFC adopts a flyweight division.

And after a three-round beating at bantamweight in his UFC debut against Team Miller’s Johnny Bedford, that day can’t come soon enough.

The lopsided fight was part of the main card of The Ultimate Fighter 14 Finale, which aired on Spike TV following prelims on Facebook. The event took
place at The Pearl at the Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas.

Bedford put together a sustained attack in the first round after scoring a takedown, moving to mount, dropping elbows, and then taking Gaudinot’s back before returning to top position and continuing the assault. With Gaudinot offering no offense, a 10-8 score would have been justified.

The assault continued in the second with Bedford doing damage from the clinch and then controlling the action against the cage. Once on the mat, he simply overwhelmed his undersized fighter and nearly secured a fight-stopping armbar.

The third round was simply a continuation of the assault. Bedford teed off on Gaudinot, who could do little but cover up. With his opponent on the mat, Bedford unloaded dozens of punches, kicks to the ribs, knees to the stomach and forearms to the face. Referee Steve Mazzagatti gave Gaudinot every opportunity to show him something, but the vicious beatdown prompted his intervention at the 1:58 mark of the final round.

“Right now I feel fantastic,” Bedford said. “I’ve got my first official UFC win. It’s been a long, long road getting here. It’s all paying off now. I’m just ecstatic. I finally get to make this a real career for myself and my family and make some real money for once.”

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